Device for supplying moisture



April 28, 1925.

O. B. OLMSTEAD DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING MOISTURE INVENTOR. 7 0520 B.Olmafeaai.

"ATTORNEY.

Filed April 4, 1924' Patterned Apr. 28, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

OTTO B. OLMSTEAD, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSAGHUSETTS.

DEVIGE F033; SUIPELYING MOISTURE.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern: 1 1

Be it known that I, OTTO B. OLMs'rnAD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Device forSupplying Moisture, of whichthe following a specification. 1 Thisinvention relates to improvements in devices for supplying moisture toaroom. It is particularly adapted to be temporarily attached to a steamor hot water radiator. It is so constructed and arrangedthat the heat orwarm air currents rising from the radiator will come directly intocontact with a suitable fabric which possesses a high.

degree of capillary attraction. The invention further comprises alattice work which is adapted to rest against the side of the radiator,and, a hook member for temporarily attaching the device to the top ofthe radiator; a handle member is also pro- 7 vided for convenience incarrying thedevice when it is removed from a radiator.

Referring to the drawings: I Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the frontside of the air moistener device removed from a radiator and showing theopen lattice work, the water absorbing fabric which normally dips intothe water at the lower end or bottom of the receptacle and showing thecarrying handle and the hooks for attaching the device to a radiator.

2' 2 is a vertical sectional view taken ona plane represented by theline 2-2 of Fig. 1, and showing the 1nter1or construction of the waterholding receptacle, the

water passage at the lower portion, the de pending fabric and thelattice work. i

Fig. 3 is a view of the top portion of the device, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view partially in section.

Referring to the drawings in detail:

1 designates the usual radiator which may be either for steam or hotwater heating.

2 designates as a whole the receptacle for containing the water which isindicated at 2'. from a single piece of sheet metal which is blent toprovide the bottom portion 3, and the upwardly extending portion 4 toprovide a water pocket, the front part 5 and the top portion 6. Thebottom portion 3 is provided with a suitable cap 7 for filling thereceptacle 2 when the device is inverted.

This receptacle is preferably formed 1924.. Serial'N'o. 704,201.

Attached by any suitable means, to the forward or front side of thereceptacle are two U-shaped brackets 8 for receiving and sup porting therod 9. The inwardly extending hook shaped ends .9 are located in thebrackets (see Figs. 3 and 4E). Folded over this rod is a suitable fabric10 preferably one that is formed with a large number of line threads asTurkish towelling, in order that the capillarity of the fabric may beeiiicient, since it is a well known fact that the finer the fabric thegreaterwill be the capillarity and of coursathe water will be lifted toagreater height by the fabric.

Attached to the upper and lower ends of the receptacle 2 is a member 11having the large openings 12, cut therein, whereby the heated air fromthe radiator Wlll very.

readily pass through these openings and flow directly into contact withthe fabric,

whereby the water contained in the fabric i i will be readily evaporatedor carried away by the air currents. The water, indicated at 2, passesthrough the opening 13 which is formed by spacing the lower end 5 of.the

ing or hanging the device on a radiator the two hooks 16 are provided.These hooks are preferably formed from a smgle plecc of wlre Wlth abearing part 1'? which passes through the ear pieces 18. Integral withthe parts 16 and 17 is the carrying handle part 19, which, as shown, isplaced at any suitable angle to the hooks 16, the

angular relation being indicated at 20.

The rod 9 and fabric 10 may be readily removed when necessary by simplylifting the hooks 9" from the U-shaped brackets 8. and then moving thesame laterally between the lattice 11 and the front part 5 of thedevice.

The device is filled with water by inverting the receptacle 2. The cap 7is removed and the water poured into the receptacle until it iscompletely filled. The cap 7 is then replaced and the receptacle againturned into the position shown in Fig. 2. The level of the water nowdrops leaving an air space in the upper end of the receptacle since someof it flows into the space l t through the opening 13. The fabric 10 isnow put in place and the hooks 16 are attached to the radiator as shown.

What I claim is: I I

1. An air moistening device designed for attachment to a radiatorcomprising, in combination, a receptacle for containing water, thebottom portion having an up turned part, which is spaced from the frontside of the receptacle and the front side being formed with a passagewaycommunicating with the said space and the interior of the receptacle, apair of U-shaped brackets attached to the upper front side of thereceptacle, a rod with inturned ends removably supported on thebrackets, a fabric on the rod and depending therefrom and having itslower end located in said space, a lattice member attached to the upperand lower end portions of the receptacle and spaced from the fabric toprevent the fabric from coming into con tact with the radiator, andmeans for attaching the device to a radiator.

2. An air moistening device comprising, in combination, a receptacle forcontaining water, the front side of the receptacle being formed with anopening at its lower end, an upwardly extending part spaced from thefront side of the receptacle to provide a pocket for the water oppositethe opening, a depending fabric extending into said pocket for taking upthe water, means for removably supporting the fabric in the pocketcomprising a rod formed with inwardly extending bent end portions, andopen ended U-shaped brackets attached to the upper end of the receptaclefor receiving the bent end portions of the rod described.

3. An air moistening device comprising in combination, a water receivingreceptacle forn'ied with a filling opening in its bottom part, a closurecap for the opening, one side of the receptacle having an outletop'ening for the water near the bottom, a pocket located about theopening to receive the water from the opening, a fabric suspendedadjacent the opening and in the pocket to take up the water and moisten.the fabric, and means for suspending the fabric. 1 l. An air moisteningdevice comprising a water receiving receptacle formed with an outlet ina side wall tl'iereof, a water receiving compartment formed adjacent theopening, a fabric having its lower end suspended in the water receivingcomparimcnt, to take up the water in the compartment, means fordetachably supporting the fabric comprising a rod formed with in wardlyextending hook-shaped ends, brackets open at their upper ends in whichthe said hook-shaped ends are placed to permit their removal and theremoval of the fabric, means for suspending the device on a radiator,and lattice means attached to the receptacle and spacedfrom the fabricto prevent the moistened fabric from coming into contact with the hotsurface of a radiator.

OTTO B. OLMSTEAD.

